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title: "Taffer’s Tavern appoints George Barton as vice president of corporate operations"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ffcff936-7ace-440e-aed6-9025f46a3afc
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/taffers-tavern-appoints-george-barton-as-vice-president-of-corporate-operations
author: "Kieran M"
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
topics: ["People","Operations"]
published: 2021-06-21T09:10:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T16:56:46.547Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Taffer’s Tavern appoints George Barton as vice president of corporate operations

**TL;DR:** Taffer's Tavern has appointed George Barton as vice president of corporate operations. Barton will oversee day-to-day operations and develop procedures to enhance business practices.

*By Kieran M, originally published in Global Franchise on 2021-06-21. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/taffers-tavern-appoints-george-barton-as-vice-president-of-corporate-operations).*

## Story

Taffer’s Tavern, the “restaurant of the future” founded by entrepreneur and host of the *Bar Rescue* TV series, Jon Taffer, has announced the appointment of industry veteran George Barton as vice president of corporate operations.

In this role, Barton will oversee day-to-day operations for Taffer’s Tavern while developing and implementing procedures that enhance efficient business practices. He will work closely with franchisees and their management teams to increase productivity and efficiencies, analyze profit and loss to streamline and increase revenue, and foster relationships with local and national vendors.

Barton will also ensure that the Taffer’s Tavern brand and culture is consistently used and adopted throughout the company.

“As we continue to secure multi-unit franchise development agreements and prepare to open multiple Taffer’s Tavern locations across the country, it is the right time to bring a leader with George’s extensive operations experience, unique perspective and diverse skill set to the organization,” said Jon Taffer. “Taffer’s Tavern delivers an experience unlike any other in the restaurant industry and George’s passion for delivering best-in-class results makes him a key part of the brand’s future. I’ve known George for years and trust he is the right addition to our growing team.”

Barton spent nearly 30 years with TGI Friday’s, serving in several divisional vice president of operations roles before being selected by the CEO to lead the reengineering team overseeing food and beverage production and procurement.

He was later promoted to vice president, bar and innovation where he revitalized the beverage program, significantly increased beverage sales and established essential relationships with vendors and distributors.

During his tenure, he successfully opened more than 50 new restaurants while in multi-unit roles and achieved multiple accolades, including several Divisional Vice President of Operations of the Year and Presidential Diamond Gold Star awards for growing margins, sales, teamwork, and retention.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Kieran M (person)
- restaurant operations (topic)
- TGI Fridays (company)
- Taffer's Tavern (company)
- Jon Taffer (person)

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Originally reported by Kieran M, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/taffers-tavern-appoints-george-barton-as-vice-president-of-corporate-operations). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ffcff936-7ace-440e-aed6-9025f46a3afc).